A thread dedicated to that coolest and most self-indulgent form of musical expression: the guitar solo. Post your favourites in here, ideally with a YouTube link so we can all enjoy them. If you can link to the time at which the solo starts, that'd be awesome.

This is an improvisation solo done by Shawn Lane. Considering he was born with a western-influenced style of music, it is amazing how well he got with indian music (when he went there to learn it) before he passed away.

There are very few people like him, and I doubt i'll see another in my days on this earth.

Is it safe to say that Arch Enemy is my favorite guitar solo? Even the riffs that they play with ease, the ones that aren't meant to be pure guitar solos.. The Amott brothers made it a guitar solo, especially live.

"Although only breath, words which I command are immortal." Sappho
"Sometimes I feel nothing at all. Sometimes I feel everything is my fault.
Sometimes I feel the hate break my mind. Sometimes I feel they deserve it this time.
May the bridges I burn light my way." - I, Alone - Otep

Self pity will not rescue you.
Sometimes we have to save our own lives,
not because no one else cares, but because no one else can.
Life for you has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive is what makes us who we are.

Dreamed up the maps, give me the charcoal and the paper
We invent paths they cannot see, and they're too scared to walk

Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you are free to do anything.

“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place,
But believe that there is much more good in it than bad.
All you have to do is look hard enough,
And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.”